Watch out! Elephant ahead: Why Indian Railways is turning to tech to save the gentle giantsEvery year, over a dozen elephants get killed on India’s railway tracks. Govt is now racing to protect the beast with a mix of new technolo...
31 Aug, 2025, 07.16 PM IST
Washington Air Crash: How altitude glitch, night goggles & missed warnings led to tragedyA deadly collision occurred near Reagan National Airport. A US Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet crashed. All 67 people on boa...
02 Aug, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Just like stocks, TP motor insurance needs risk-based pricing: Dr. Tapan SinghelThe Indian insurance sector needs an update. Current third-party motor insurance doesn't account for driver behavior. Road accidents are a ...
23 Jun, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
10 minutes, Ambulance Map: Here's how Delhi plans to bring road accidents and deaths to zeroDelhi's government introduced the Towards Zero Fatality District Plan to reduce road accident deaths. The strategy included the ‘Platinum T...
07 Aug, 2024, 04.22 PM IST
'Zero fatality corridor': Crash deaths down by 58.3% on Mumbai-Pune E-way since 2016, says reportSince the launch of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative for the Mumbai-Pune Expressway (MPEW) in 2016, there has been a marked decline ...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.26 PM IST
The “zero fatality corridor" that cut road fatalities on Mumbai-Pune Expressway by halfA report highlights the success of the "zero fatality corridor" initiative on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, revealing a 58.3% reduction in ro...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.25 PM IST
Govt defers target to reduce road accidents by 50% by six years: Nitin GadkariRoad transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, on Monday, said despite several efforts by the government to reduce road accidents the ...
11 Dec, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Elderly patients fill hospitals in Shanghai Covid surgeCoughing, groaning, and gasping for breath, elderly Covid patients crammed hospital corridors in Shanghai on Tuesday as a wave of Covid-19 ...
03 Jan, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
NHAI optimistic about meeting asset monetisation target of Rs 20,000 crore in FY'23: ChairpersonIn the previous fiscal, NHAI had raised Rs 8,000 crore for five projects accounting for 400 km through the first tranche of InVIT. InvITs a...
18 May, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
NHAI plans to award contracts for road projects worth Rs 25,000 cr for Bengal in FY23In a bid to reduce congestion from Vidyasagar Setu in the state, it has decided to construct a 6.5-km six-lane elevated road on the existin...
17 May, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
National highways must have appropriate road safety measures: Nitin GadkariThe committee members from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha expressed their concern over the large number of accidents and deaths on roads. It...
28 Mar, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
New Rs 7,270 crore scheme for road safety in 14 statesIndia recorded about 1.51 lakh road deaths in 4.49 lakh accidents in the year 2019. In order to change this picture and realise the vision ...
26 Sep, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Shinkansen: An innovation that can change eco landscapeThe bullet train network, spanning most of Japan, is close to being ubiquitous with a rare record of zero fatalities in 50 years .
30 May, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
How safe are National Highways? Star rating to tellThe survey is being carried out more than a decade after the country’s fast ever mega highway programme was completed.
16 Nov, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Bullet train kicks off! Narendra Modi, Shinzo Abe give 164-year-old Indian Railways a $17-bn joltA bullet train on Indian soil is part of Modi’s ambitious plan to modernize rail infrastructure after decades of underinvestment.
14 Sep, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
Nitin Gadkari wants India Inc’s help to make roads saferMahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has started work with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make the Mumbai-Pune Expressway s...
14 Feb, 2017, 12.40 AM IST
E-way safety first, toll hike plan shot downOfficials said the UP government has authorised YEIDA to sanction the annual increment in toll rates on the expressway from April 1 every y...
10 Mar, 2016, 11.57 AM IST